The Work Is Not Hard, But The Politics & Pettiness In The Office Makes It Complicated - Anonymous employee Parexel Employee Review

1.0
Jun 26, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-SOME nice coworkers -If you're entry level, this is definitely a crash course of working for a CRO (might be a con for some) -Can wear jeans everyday -Hours are flexible

Cons

-High turn over rate -Sink or swim office culture: No one has time to teach you anything and expect you to know everything. -If you're a really organized person who likes order and CLEAR directions, this is not this place for you. -Instead of your team helping you realize a mistake, they'll escalate it to management & make a big hoot out of it. -Lots of finger pointing to get ahead. -Contractors are treated like crap. -Can't have a general conversation without someone walking past you mistranslating & taking it up to management. -Training VERY inadequate. -SOPs that has nothing to do with your role or explain how this pertains to your role. -Training has no particular order (lots of SOPs and PowerPoints). -Constant change of management. -DISORGANIZATION on everything. -Lots of people who talk their way into promotions or being that "go-to person" when really they look like a deer in headlights when you ask them questions -Coworkers pretend to care for your frustrations/struggle when you're starting out, but will tell management that you're not doing well. -Management assign you tasks that they don't even know how to perform, so in other words they can't help you. -MICROMANAGEMENT all around. Even if you think your manager is not watching you, they have someone watching you for them. -Keeping to yourself DOES NOT help. Trouble still seems to find you either way. -Just because you got hired, it doesn't mean the person who hired you knows your true role/tasks -This list goes on and on.....

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5.0
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Pros

Well trained managers that empower you, truly listen to you, and only do well if YOU do well/ they provide resources and definitely offer development opportunities to those who want them AND have demonstrated they can maintain their scoped, regular duties at a high level of quality while working on special development projects Also unlimited RTO in US

Cons

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1.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

The only pro is that they offer remote work.

Cons

I would give zero stars if I could, but since I can’t, I’m forced to give one. They seem to have layoffs almost every year. Their US-based pharmacovigilance team was also affected in 2024 and 2025. It really feels like a hire-and-fire culture.

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